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Captain Olimar, commonly called Olimar, is the protagonist of the Pikmin series. He discovered the Planet of the Pikmin and the Pikmin species; he also works hard at Hocotate Freight. Olimar owns and captains his ship, the S.S. Dolphin, in the first Pikmin game. He has a family (wife, son and daughter plus his pet) on Hocotate. According to the notes on the Worthless Statue and the Priceless Statue, Olimar has a father who may seem useless to him and a mother who is rumored to be deceased. In-game, Olimar's dialogue of notes to himself are in Pikmin only; in the second game, they are replaced by The Ship's. (more...)

...Did you know...?

• ...that the games are not the only Pikmin merchandise?
• ...that all enemies heal over time and two of them can revive themselves after their defeat?
• ...that via an "Emergence Cave Run", it is possible to repay the debt without reaching the Awakening Wood?
• ...that the set of Scales made up of four blocks in Perplexing Pool is actually two pairs?
• ...that the Smoky Progg is thought to be a malformed larval Mamuta?